Gaopo mountain hiking route wins intl recognition

The Huaxi Gaopo mountain hiking route was listed among the first batch of International Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA) International Mountain Hiking Tourism Demonstration Sites on Sept 27.

This was announced that day at the 2021 Dialogue among Famous Mountains (Fanjing Mountain) in the World held in the city of Tongren in Southwest China's Guizhou province.

The Huaxi Gaopo mountain hiking route is named an IMTA International Mountain Hiking Tourism Demonstration Site on Sept 27. [Photo/colorful Guizhou network]

The Huaxi Gaopo mountain hiking route is located in the Qiantao and Gaopo townships in Huaxi district of the city of Guiyang.

It is a research destination that integrates natural and human resources such as mountains, rivers, forests, fields, towns, villages, and canyon exploration. It is also a distribution center for the southern part of the Long March National Cultural Park in Guizhou.

The hiking route has a total length of more than 20 kilometers and revolves around Hongyan Canyon and the Red Army's Long March trail.

Tourists participate in a hiking activity in Huaxi district's Gaopo township. [Photo/colorful Guizhou network]

From June to September every year, hiking enthusiasts will come to Hongyan Canyon to participate in activities such as trekking and expeditions.

The Red Army's Long March trail is 9 km long and is divided into five thematic sections. The trail passes through five villages and includes eight types of trails, as well as 23 important nodes, seven historical sites, and 10 key landscape resources.

Its check-in points, viewing platforms, parking lots, public toilets, tourist service centers, restaurants, immersive experience areas, specialty cultural and creative product sales shops, exhibition halls along the trail, and supporting facilities are all relatively developed.